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cultural, intellectual, etc. desert phrase disapproving a place that is considered to have no cultural, intellectual, etc. quality or interest: 文化(知识等)沙漠 This town is a cultural desert.这个城镇是一片文化沙漠。 It seems strange to think that this bustling, thriving city was once derided as a cultural desert. Those who didn't know better might be tempted to dismiss the news industry as an intellectual desert. The priest claimed that the city was a spiritual desert. We live in a moral desert, where people do whatever they want without regard for whether it hurts others. See also
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